Goose the Blog 2.0

Everywhere you look people are saying "Vote vote vote! It doesn't matter who you vote for, just vote!"

Well, I'd like to point out that, as conservatives everywhere know, our Founding Fathers did not approve of voting in federal elections for Senator and President. For starters, unless you are a white male, they didn't want you to vote at all. In many of the original states, you would have to be a landowner for some years duration as well, which means they didn't really want renters or transients to vote, either. More to the point, they didn't believe in popular election of the highest offices. Senators were to be chosen by the state legislatures, not by direct vote. Presidents were to be chosen by an appointed electoral college of wise and trustworthy men, and there was no suffrage requirement, as the wise Justice Scalia has recently made clear. The founding fathers did not think that ordinary citizens, busy with their farming, hunting, trapping, and smithing, could take the time to be knowledgeable enough about national affairs to make informed decisions. Moreover, they believed that common men would be too easily inflamed by demagoguery and rum to make the truly dispassionate choices required to staff such powerful offices. Has much really changed in our modern-day world?

As conservatives, I encourage you to stand up for our Founding Fathers' Constitutional beliefs. Sure, some "Amendments" have been added, allowing non-whites and even women to vote, and providing for the popular election of Senators, but if the Founding Fathers had wanted it that way, the Constitution would have been written thusly.

Stand up for your principles. Stay away from the polls this election day. Don't even drive by to see if the line is long and if it is filled with activists who would interpret the original Constitution to mean whatever they think it should mean. If you must vote, be sure to vote only for local elections and your Representative in the House. It's what the Founding Fathers would've wanted you to do.